Fridays Fantásticos

Fridays Fantásticos

April 27 @ 08:00 am

Fridays Fantásticos

Fridays Fantásticos are a weekly celebration of students walking, biking and rolling to school in northern Michigan.

From Northport to Traverse City to Elk Rapids, Fridays Fantásticos aims to encourage elementary and middle school students to actively transport themselves to school as well as to grow walk/bike/roll culture at our partner schools.

The benefits of walking, biking, rolling to school are many, of course:

a screen-free, distraction-free time to connect with families and classmates

cleaner air thanks to less idling cars

So invite a classmate and commit to being awesome by walking, biking or rolling to school every Friday.

Do you live too far from school to walk or bike? Maybe you don’t have a safe route to school from home? No worries, you can still participate.

** If you take the bus to school, walk or ride your bike to the bus stop. This totally counts as awesomeness. We have a limited number of Bike2Bus pop-up neighborhood bike racks for popular bus stops. If you can talk some buddies into biking-to-bus with you, let us knowHEREand we’ll try to get you one.

** Does your mom or dad normally drive you to school? Ask them nicely to leave a little earlier on Fridays to Park & Stroll! It’s a thing. And it’s awesome.

Help get more kids to walk, bike and roll to YOUR school by joining our grassroots Safe Routes To School team:

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Ideas on what should be done to make your school more walkable/bikeable? Spots for Park & Stroll locations? Routes for bike trains or walking buses? What safety concerns do you see around your school? How can we better encourage and empower more kids to actively get themselves to your school?

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About Norte

Norte is the Grand Traverse region’s bike-centric, youth-focused advocacy organization. Our mission is to help build stronger, better connected and more walk/bike-friendly communities by empowering the young and young at heart.